* SPECIAL SESSION
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One of the superior capabilities of fuzzy systems is that they can use the
information expressed in a linguistic pattern. Though most fuzzy systems,
have been formed to emulate human decision making behaviour, the linguistic
information stated by an expert may not be precise or that it is difficult
for the expert to articulate the accumulated knowledge to encompass all
circumstances. Hence, it is essential to provide a learning capability for
fuzzy systems, namely, to generate or modify the expert rules based on
experiences. The topics of this special session are:

* IMPORTANT DATES
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15 April 2001 Deadline for submission of abstracts
1 May 2001 Notification of acceptance
1 July 2001 Deadline for final four page extended abstracts.
5 September 2001 Conference sessions

* SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
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Authors are invited to send an extended abstract with minimum 2 and maximum
4 pages by April 15, 2001. Extended abstracts should be prepared on A4 two
column format, in Times or similar style, 10 points. Extended abstracts must
be single sided and they should include title, author's name(s),
affiliation(s) and keywords on top of the first page. E-mail submissions are
encouraged. Please indicate the corresponding authors with their e-mail
addresses.

If accepted, the authors have to prepare the final camera-ready manuscript
in time for inclusion in the proceedings and personally present the paper at
the conference.

Please send papers to the workshop organisers; postal and email addresses
can be found at the bottom of this page.